Three little words can fill an entire arena and describe a whole occasion. No one even had to say them, either. On a night marked by playoff-caliber choruses of “Let’s Go Islanders!” the magic words were the ones everyone was thinking: “Where they belong.”
The Islanders were home, truly home, for the first time since 2015. Technically, the team has had plenty of home games since then. But let’s be honest. The fans had not had a single one in 3 ½ years, until Saturday night at Nassau Coliseum. That is why there was so much anticipation, so much hearty noise, such a full house for a real game on Long Island, their real home.